S02E10 Sepsis With Mervyn Singer

Bolus: education delivered stat

Welcome to the final episode of Series 2 of Bolus. We are joined by Prof Mervyn Singer, a UCLH intensivist, researcher and teacher. He famously lead the international task force to redefine sepsis in 2016, known as Sepsis-3. Our wide ranging conversation covers a number of interesting and thought provoking questions: Is sepsis over diagnosed? Can you predict who will develop sepsis following an infection? Is a rapid, broad spectrum approach to antibiotics causing more problems than it solves? What's best for spotting sepsis at the bedside qSOFA or NEWS? Hyperlactataemia, is it always bad? How to assess for intravascular depletion and how should fluid resuscitation be administered? See you in 4 weeks for Series 3.